title: Successful repair of mega aorta using reversed elephant trunk procedure.
abstract: The case reported is of a patient with mega aorta and a symptomatic thoracoabdominal aortic segment. Successful treatment involved resection and graft replacement of the thoracoabdominal segment as an initial procedure using a "reversed elephant trunk" technique, followed by resection and replacement of the ascending aorta and transverse aortic arch as the second stage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine/The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Coselli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oberwalder
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male